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31, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP

25/04122/TCHFull planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 13 April 2026

1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Use of public highway measuring 2.72m x 1.32m for placing of two tables and four chairs and 3 roped barriers on pavement to the front of the bar in connection with the champagne bar of the Rubens Hotels at the Palace ( 39 Buckingham Palace Road )

Submitted
7 December 2025
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 127 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 31, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP. Westminster has handled 804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 276 applications across SJW_22. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the SW1W postcode area.

84% of full planning permission applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The two tables and four chairs and three roped barriers would block the flow of pedestrians along the footpath and impede access to the entrance to the application site, and so could be unsafe. This would also make it difficult to clean the footpath. This would not meet Policies 29 and 48(D) of the City Plan 2019 - 2040 (January 2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SW1W 0PP
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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